Is NSW finally growing up to have more than one city?

With the recent price rises are we finally seeing the eventual disintegration of "you must live in Sydney if in NSW", is this where Australia finally grows up and has regional cities that compete with Sydney?


- http://www.domain.com.au/news/domains-property-guide-to-escaping-the-city-20150822-gj59vk/


I've never understood why Australia has Sydney and Melbourne and "the bush", where as when you travel to Europe or where I live in New York I can drive in almost any direction and find a major population center every few hundred kilometers.

There is a reason Sydney property is so expensive.....its because no one wants to live in Nowra, Orange, Newcastle - hopefully we are going to finally see this change.